Tidbit about The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - On Patrick Stewart playing as Uriel Septim
One of my favorite tidbits about Oblivion is that, when Bethesda brought Patrick Stewart in to play Uriel Septim, they gave him this big 90-page booklet detailing the character’s history and background and motivations, and they were really worried that they’d gone overboard and given him too much. Meanwhile, Stewart was delighted--he’s said that it was the best character prep he’d ever been given, and he wished more people would do that.
I wish Bethesda had put even a quarter of the effort into the rest of the voice actors lines/prep. So much of the voice acting was disjointed and obviously didn't flow at all. Obviously recorded out of order and without context.
I don't blame the voice actors, as they can only do so much with what they are given. Just seems silly to focus so much effort on Patrick Stewart, who dies like 5 minutes into the game. Then completely disregard everyone else in the game.
Excuse me, they managed to f***ing WHAT.